We’re in rehearsals and Katrina’s hitting, and we’re hearing about the National Guard troops and equipment that is not available for disaster relief because they’re over fighting in Iraq.

That natural disasters are required to provide Americans with a glimpse of reality in their own country is an indication of the deep rot infecting the official political culture.

I think that there’s a larger story there. All the way down from the governor’s office, the county officials, the local municipalities — both here and Marathon and Layton — everybody has done a good...

[Hurricane Katrina may be a defining moment, other speakers said, and not necessarily a positive one for the Republicans.] The controlling philosophy in Washington now is to dismiss community and place all the responsibility on...

It’s potentially a bigger threat than Katrina because there is more refining capacity in the Houston area. This is a double whammy for the industry it’s an amazing thing to contemplate.

I’ve got 122,000 people in my district, and everybody’s been affected (by Hurricane Katrina).

There is no point in building something to withstand a storm like Katrina, It would be too expensive. You’d be better off getting insurance and rebuilding if you lose your house again.

Those who did better were those who didn’t wait idly for help to arrive. In the end, with systems crashing and failing, what mattered most and had the greatest immediate effects were the actions and...

Everybody is comparing the oil spill to Hurricane Katrina, but the real parallel could be the Iranian hostage crisis. In the late 1970s, the hostage crisis became a symbol of America’s inability to take decisive...

Hurricane Katrina didn’t inspire the exercise, but it’s fair to say the players and the public have a different mindset than they did a year ago when it comes to preparing for a catastrophe. This...

Accident – A statistical inevitability. Some nuclear power plants are built on fault lines, but ever mine, dam, oil rig, and waste dump is founded upon a tacit acceptance of the worst-case scenario. One a...

Since 1989, the office of mayor has been transformed by three changes. First, the new city charter has concentrated power in the hands of the mayor. Second, Giuliani made it clear the city was not...

We’re in the range between 50 and 55 (in the ISM index) where the Fed often holds interest rates steady, and with Hurricane Katrina likely impacting the economy, particularly in the South, in September, we...

[Just about the only thing about which both sides agree is that the recent run-up in oil prices, which began well before Hurricane Katrina, has been caused because demand for oil – spurred by growth...

Life is a hurricane, and we board up to save what we can and bow low to the earth to crouch in that small space above the dirt where the wind will not reach. We...

While on tour we of course have been following the tragic news relating to Hurricane Katrina … When Simon (Fuller) suggested the idea of putting on a special charity concert to help those in need,...

Damn. I never should have agreed to this. What is he thinking? Here we are in a piece of crap pickup truck on our way to sit outside of a supermarket to kidnap this girl....